PINCHING TOPPING FIM

Outdoors, you dont really need to do any of this but... For topping, use clean scissors to cut off the newest growth. The growth you cut should just be the mass of fingers growing out of the center of the plant. You cut where they meet the main stem. For FIMming, same thing but use your fingernail to cut a couple centimeters above where the new growth meets the main stem. Bending is great if you're supercropping or if you're worried about it getting too close to the light. You pinch the stem and roll it in between your fingers until it's easily bendable. It's scary the first time but actually very hard to mess up. Worst thing that happens is you try to bend it when you haven't weakened the branch enough and it snaps. In this case, you can quickly wrap tape around it and it will heal even if the stem came off completely. You're past the super cropping stage though and don't have to worry about it getting to close to the sun so... Hope this helps! Don't be afraid to try these techniques, you can mess them up, but it's actually pretty hard to do so.